mitochondrial genomes

What Is Homoplasmy And Heteroplasmy?

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What Is Homoplasmy And Heteroplasmy? Homoplasmy refers to the state of having uniformly normal or abnormal mitochondria in a tissue, while heteroplasmy refers to the state of having a mixture of normal and abnormal mitochondria in a tissue. What is Homoplasmy in mitochondrial DNA? Homoplasmy is a term used in genetics to describe a eukaryotic

Do All Humans Have The Same Mitochondrial DNA?

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Do All Humans Have The Same Mitochondrial DNA? Do all humans have the same mitochondrial DNA? Even though everyone on Earth living today has inherited his or her mtDNA from one person who lived long ago, our mtDNA is not exactly alike. Random mutations have altered the genetic code over the millennia. But these mutations